Not sure what Lorenzo was thinking, he should've known that Pedrosa was much better on the entry to the final chicane, yet he gives Pedrosa the inside line to set up a block-pass? Why not make Pedrosa go the long way around?

Not sure what Lorenzo was thinking, he should've known that Pedrosa was much better on the entry to the final chicane, yet he gives Pedrosa the inside line to set up a block-pass? Why not make Pedrosa go the long way around?

I agree. Pedrosa was stronger all the way up the hill and in fact in all the overtaking spots unfortunately for Jorge.

I enjoyed watching Pedrosa earn that one. I've been critical of him as a racer in the past but he was better than Lorenzo today.

When Lorenzo levered him aside midway through the last lap, I thought the race was over. Really impressed by the way Pedrosa came back and held on, this felt like a significant moment in the season/his career. Good timing of Toby Moody, too, to write a column this week saying that he finally believes in Dani as a top-level rider. Man knows his shit.

Have to be commenting without looking at what others have posted (due to work and wife-buying-a-sports-car-that-needed-some-bits-bolting-onto-it commitments) but what a fantastic Moto GP race, easily the best one I can recall without VR at the sharp end.
I think we all (Dani included) learned that Pedrosa CAN mix it but Jorge must still be kicking himself over the outside overtake attempt.
But Calvin, well, if someone had suggested 3 years ago that a Brit would hit the podium and that Brit would be C. Crutchlow esq, well, they'd have been laughed off the forum. If only I'd have thought of it!
Well done mate!

Am I the only one who thought the race was awful? The last lap was good but apart from that it was the most boring race of the season, and that's saying something.

It was extremely unusual for all 3 races to have such little overtaking.Can't remember a weekend like it and on a great circuit like Brno makes it even more perplexing.Must have been the cold conditions for the tyres.

I wouldn't say it was boring though.That last lap of Moto GP was worth waiting to see.2 brilliant overtakes by both Lorenzo mid corner then Pedrosa up the hill.Lorenzo was a class act in defeat after a clean and fair fight.Congrats to Brits for getting on the podium but they have a long way to go to catch the Spanish Armada of Riders Good to see Folger and other Germans doing well too.

I'm shit sick of BBC commentary. It is truly awful and not a patch on Eurosport.

I couldn't agree more. Cox and Parrish are two total arseholes. Completely unsuited to the task. For me they ruin it, and I have felt that way ever since the epic duel between Stoner and Rossi at Laguna Seca in '08 where they thought it would be better to regale us with a couple of boy's tales (nudge-nudge, wink-wink - you know the kind of crap) instead of commentating on one of the most thrilling heart-in-mouth sequences of racing in some time. Two world champs going balls-out on the mighty Corkscrew and those two oafs sharing 'in jokes'

The only good thing is that at least we do have Toby and Julian if you can wait an hour or so to watch the MotoGP race as I have watched it for years.

I'm a big fan of sport on the Beeb, including my F1, but they got it very wrong with Cox and Parrish.

I'm shit sick of BBC commentary. It is truly awful and not a patch on Eurosport.

The same Eurosport who somehow missed it when it was announced that Sam Lowes had a drive through, and then proceeded to shout "Sam's got a problem, he's got a problem, Sam Lowes has a problem" when Sam came in to take said drive through? And then they didn't figure out what was going on until he was 3/4 the way down the pit lane.

Moral of the story - nobody is perfect.

Lets hope that by Misano, Rea can do more than lap two tenths faster than Yonny. Personally, I'd like to see Rea do enough to have Honda place him in Bautista's ride next year.

The same Eurosport who somehow missed it when it was announced that Sam Lowes had a drive through, and then proceeded to shout "Sam's got a problem, he's got a problem, Sam Lowes has a problem" when Sam came in to take said drive through? And then they didn't figure out what was going on until he was 3/4 the way down the pit lane.

Moral of the story - nobody is perfect.

They made a few glaring errors over the course of the day, but you know, I just don't care. Their comentary is fantastic and their enthusiasm totally adds to the show. Bear in mind that they're looking at small monitors, so it's easier to miss on screen graphics. I do agree that the Lowes penalty should have been obvious, but like you say, nobody's perfect. However, they are 99% there.

They made a few glaring errors over the course of the day, but you know, I just don't care. Their comentary is fantastic and their enthusiasm totally adds to the show. Bear in mind that they're looking at small monitors, so it's easier to miss on screen graphics. I do agree that the Lowes penalty should have been obvious, but like you say, nobody's perfect. However, they are 99% there.

I once recall during quali or a race that I suddenly was 'at ease' and enjoying watching the bikes... I'd soon realised there had been a technical fault leaving just the sound of the bikes. I can not understand how Cox continues to collect a pay check? What does he know?? Who does he know?

I don't mind the BBC commentary that much, although I prefer Eurosport. Something that annoys me about the Eurosport commentators though is how sometimes one of them will mention something interesting - for example, about a rider falling out with his team - and then they agree not to say any more about it, obviously because it's harmful for the person involved. IMO they should either not mention it in the first place or tell the whole story. Other than that they're great.

They offer very6 little in the way of news, certainly not in the other classes.

I dont mind Toby and Julian, but the other guys that come in sometimes on Eurusport are also very good, Charlie is excellent in the WSB pitlane, and the guy they had commentating when Jack and Jim were BSB somewhere was excellent too, really on the button.

Often though its not the lads faults, Jack and Jim are hampered by the WSB, (lets look at dalligna/melandris missus tits, ) when something good is going on, the WSB race tev director is possibly the worst I have even knows on any sport.

Cox and Parrish are bearable, STeve particuarly, but when you compare the info and detail you get from To by and Julian it simply lacks.

But dont get me started on Nick Harris and Gavin Emmett, Dear Lord these two are in their own little parallel universe! Everything that happens is a conspiracy and every move that is made in a Moto3 race is vital and pivotal in the championship, even on lap 1

Cretins and boys who have been in the job so long they are unsackable, but that goes for an awful lot of people involved in bike racing sadly